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River Flood Watch 1, NWS Springfield, MO

December 20, 2011Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood watch at Dec 20, 2011, 12:55 AM CST for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 20, 2011, 3:36 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2011, 12:55 AM CST (06:55 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2011, 3:36 PM CST
Expired
Dec 20, 2011, 8:19 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity
None

County Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Little Osage River at Horton (HTNM7). The gauge peaked at 41.69 ft at Dec 21, 2011, 5:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
39 ft
Minor stage
41 ft
Moderate stage
45 ft
Major stage
50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06917060, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Dec 19, 11:52 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 11:52 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 20, 7:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon39 hr
Dec 20, 8:41 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon42 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.